Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-19

who crossed on the port tack several seconds
later. Down the upper bay We sped, keep
ing almost tack and tack, through the Mar
rows, past Forts Hamilton and Lafayette and
out into the waters Of the lower bay. Then
breeze from the east brought the wind abeam,
sheets were started, and, with the lnvincible
Q couple Of cables lengths astern and to wind
ward, we reached down for Sandy Hook. The
buovs inside the Hook were rounded soon
after o'clock D. IN, and We settled down for
. beat out to the lightship. That was rounded
In due order, and with . fresh breezs blowing
east by north the two schoouers were headed.
close hauled on the port tack, on a southeast
course for Bermuda, and the race had fairly
begun. Our position was now about three
quarters Of q mile to leeward Of the other
craft, which gain she had made in the heat
out to the lightship, we having almost lost the
wind when under the Hook. There was .
choppy sea on, the increasing wind crossing
the long Atlantic swell and kicking up con-
siderable of pother. and once clear of land,
and at the mercy of the rolling forties," the
schooner began to get pretty lively. The sky
had become overcast, the clouds seemed to lie
getting lower, and the wind increased as it
gradually headed us of. and it began to as
su"e 'io "PiV"s .i """' "ou~ "'" ~
called cutter weather.
was watching the other vessel through .
glass when saw her luff ana come up IN the
wind. shes taxing III her tolsk' snoate"'
and when she fell on ana again beaded on ner
course IL was uhner mains l. anu iorsei anu
me 1ip oniy, ana even tneh SEEMED 70 nave
all the sail she wanted
AND, indeed, IL was h'gn eme We were 10
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ing something, 700. Tor our skipper was ar'V-
ing MS vessel oeSohn "ha' l thought e"|l~
able, and expected something 10 go every
moment She lay over AZ ieariui angie, Tue
water 10 seward nissii,s Ano Uuooins aions
her rail, While clouds OF spray oroke cohtihu-
ally over the torecastie, varied OCCASIONALLY
by huge wave nooding her deck lore ana
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that, as oayhght oroke over tne Sui heeving
surface OF the ocean, every eye aboard the
vessel was eagerly searching the expanse Of
water for a sight of our connection. but
-,,,, ,bs ascL there WAS not . s.;, in s;,h,
, L.ni s.u, .iof, 20 ,h. ,o,. 80 e.
-, Al,
naiien the oeek win 'he news :" . Dark on
the port b~ah,' neaoing 70 the northwest, but
that was all. Speculation was rife As 10 the
whereabouts of the other craft, the generally
accented theory of her absence from view h.
inp that she must have laid 70 10 weather ont
.hs - "a ,,., 49,. "a ,n,,..,,,.,.,~
,"e 80 ""
ner out vi sish'' LUIS i"eS HhPai 'eu peas
urabie teeiing TO every one on board, As each
one Of us had the promise Of . liberal share
Of the winnings in case Of cruising the line
tirst-this being an offer of our owners a an
j,3r..,,.,t % IN. c,av-bss,d.s ,h. -,
desire to win against crack new boat.
ipe 'eihaiiuei vi our run 10 ana around
Bermuda was unevenfful, light winds pre-
vaiiing all the WAY. and our course was laid